Welcome to the Hodonín-microregion that was found in December 2004.
In the bunch there are the towns Hodonín and Dubňany and the villages Starý Poddvorov, Prušánky, Dolní Bojanovice, Rohatec that are varied as for their folklore and –thank to the sunny climate- rich in vineyards.
In each of these towns or villages you can find cultural and natural places of interest and various tourist aims. The marked out Moravian Wine Cycle Paths and the newly open waterway Bata-Canal enable a comfortable connection with other microregions as well.  Thank to the villages and towns with a varied cultural, viticultural and sports programme this microregion has promising conditions for the development of tourism.

Contact:
Masarykovo nám. 1
695 35 Hodonín
Česká republika
Tel.: + 420 518 398 211
E-mail: info@hodoninsko.info
www.hodoninsko.info

Patrícia Juráňová
Tel.: + 420 775 393 663
E-mail: juranova@hodoninsko.info

Dolní Bojanovice

The village of Dolní Bojanovice is situated in the fertile region of South Moravia westwards from the district town of Hodonín. The village was first mentioned in the deed of gift from 1196. A dominant feature of the village is the church of St.Wenceslas. A typical Moravian Cottage and three listed richcarved wooden crosses are worthy of mention. The village has mainly an agricultural character, with a focus on wine growing. The first written record of wine growing in the village dates back to 1505 and illustrates the long tradition in this field. The local folk traditions and habits are presented during the St. Wenceslas Feast and a small feast with a vintage festival.The St. Wenceslas Choir and Orchestra with about 80 members have a long tradition as well. In the village there are active also the brass bands Bojané, Šohajka and Liduška, the dulcimer bands Morava, Zádruha nad Grejcar as well as the country-music band Modrá pečeť. Concerning the events organized in the village the traditional Easter and Christmas exhibitions of pictures, carvings and photos, the Spring Music Festival and the Music Festival of St. Cecilia in November are noteworthy. A viticultural cycle path goes through this village which is a nice place to be visited when travelling through South Moravia.
Excellent wine - our visitors should taste the special Riesling of Bojanovice (that used to be delivered also at the Austrian emperor´s table) both in the above mentioned restaurants and in small private wine cellars.

Tel.: + 420 518 372 226
E-mail: obec@dolnibojanovice.cz
www.dolnibojanovice.cz

Dubňany

The first written note about Dubňany comes from the year 1349. However, the village did not obtain the town priviledges until 1964 and there live about 6700 people in Dubňany at the present time.
Our town has quite eventful cultural life. There are several folklore ensembles concentrated at the community centre - the childrens´ folklore group Dubravěnka, the folklore group Dubrava, women´s group Drmolice and men´s choir,. These ensembles, together with the municipality, organise the traditional folk-costumed feast every second weekend in October.
Brass music has a long tradition in Dubňany as well - this kind of music is represented with two brass bands nowadays - Vonička and Přespolanka. Every third Sunday in August there takes place a well-known brass band festival called Pod slováckým vinohradem.
Dubňany offers many possibilities both for sportsmen and sport fans. Our visitors can use an athletic hall with a fitness centre, sauna, a bowling alley, squash, a hall for table tenis, sports grounds with grass and cinders ground and moreover probably the nicest and most popular summer swimming pool in the region.
A specific wine-growing area is the so-called Dubňanská hora where there are more than 200 wine cellars with vineyards. The wine that is grown here has a typical bouquet and flavour and it is very popular with wine lovers.
In the surroundings of Dubňany there have been uncovered archeological sights the best-known and biggest of which is found about 1,5 km NE from the local railway station. In September 1927 foundations of a Romanesque church from 13th century that burned down later were uncovered here. Human skeletons were found near the church.

Tel.: + 420 518 366 613
E-mail: podatelna@mesto-dubnany.cz
www.mesto-dubnany.cz

Hodonín

Hodonín is located in the fertile landscape of South Moravia, in a vineferous Dolnomoravský úval ravine. It is the warmest part of Moravia. It is situated in a flatland at an altitude of about 200m, at the edge of the protected area od Bílé Karpaty. The town charter was granted to Hodonín in 1228 by the Hungarian Queen Konstance - the wife of King Přemysl Otakar I.
In Hodonín the first Czechoslovak president Tomáš Garrique Masaryk was born. The visitors should not leave out the statue of T.G.Masaryk made by Alois Bučánek placed in the Square of 17th November and the Masaryk Museum in tle Chateau Square with the permanent exposition devoted to tle most prominent native od Hodonín. Another social and cultural places of interest in Hodonín are the Masaryk Square, Kaplička (Chapel)Gallery, Gallery of Fine Arts etc.
Hodonín has been a bath town since 1978. The health resort in Hodonín is one of the newest resorts in the Czech Republic. The local water sources contain iodine salts with low mineralisation and they are among the best ones in Europe. Patients with limb arteries problems, joint problems after inflammations and other locomotive system disorders are frequent here.

Tel.: + 420 518 398 111
E-mail.: info@muhodonin.cz
www.hodonin.com

Prušánky

The village is located in a shallow valley of the Prušánka brook, westwards from Hodonín at an altitude of 185 m between two hills - Nechory and Jochy - with an altitude of 207 m. The first written record of the village, then called Prusy, dates back to 1261. Prušánky has a historical connection with the nearby village of Čejkovice in whose parish Prušánky belonged. In the period of the Jesuit Suzerains there was a summer residence of the order in the village.
The favourable position of the fields - mainly Horní and Dolní Nechory -has led to the planting of vineyards. Besides large-scale wine production in agricultural companies there are also small wine producers. Wine is produced in a unique wine-cellar area called Nechory.
For several centuries there has been a traditional wine ceremony, called Zarážání hory, held on the first Saturday in September in the vineyards. A vintage feast takes place in the area of the wine-cellars in September.

Tel.: + 420 518 374 125
E-mail.: ou.prusanky@worldonline.cz
www.obecprusanky.cz

Rohatec

According to medieval records the local people lived of fishing and crayfishing as it illustrates the mention of their duty to supply the lords in Strážnice with part of their haul. First documented note about the village comes from the second half of the 13th century. The owner of the village, Tvrdek from Rohatec, was one of witnesses mentioned at the document of the Bohemian King Přemysl Otakar II. from the year 1270. A small border fortification and a stony parish church used to stay in the village, only a small chapel still exists from that time. The catholic church in Rohatec has the name of our patron - St. Bartholomew. Modern times brought industry to the village. New house colonies Kolonie and Soboňky have grown in the surroundings of industrial facilities, both are now part of the village. Rohatec lies at the periphery of tle Slovácko wine region and the wineculture has a long tradition here, there are many large vineyards around the village. A well visited wine tasting festival takes place in Rohatec each April. On St. Bartolomew´s day, i.e. the 24th August, our citizens celebrate the traditional moravian feast every year.

Tel.: + 420 518 359 508
E-mail.: ourohatec@iol.cz
www.rohatec.cz

Starý Poddvorov

The village is located 220 to 250 m above sea level. The first report about the village is from 1209 - at that time the village was one of the 63 settlements of the Spytihněv region.. The settlement ceased to exist in the mid 16th century, from the beginning of the 17th century, however, the settlement is settled again. The basis for the settlement was given by cottages below the vineyards as it is substantiated by the seal from 1779. The current name of tle village comes from 1924. The village is known for its high quality varieties of grapevine. A dominant feature of the village is a bell-tower - originally it was a wooden bell-tower from 1770, its today´s appearance as a brick tower comes from 1855. A significant sight is a wooden windmill from 19th century, reconstructed in 2003. Its interior illustrates making of meal and related products. Another important dominating feature is the church of St. Martin finished in 1994. The village is famous for its local folklore. The "children" feast takes place in mid-June and the traditional folk-costumed feast is held on the first Sunday in August. The local handicrafts have a long traditon - noteworthy are in particular embroideries of folk costumes, painting of accessories for the folk-costumes as well as "scratching" of decorated Easter Eggs. A viticultural cycle paths go through this village and its surroundings and invite to experience this region and its places of interest.

Tel.: + 420 518 372 031
E-mail: ou.poddvorov@seznam.cz
www.poddvorov.cz

Josefov

Josefov, situated on the 9^th km westwards from Hodonín was founded 1782 at the place of a former seigniorial farmyard that had been built at the place of the declined village of  Kukvice. It was first mentioned 1383 in connection with the church and the presbytery in Mikulčice. The village was burnt to the ground by the Hungarians in the 15^th century, during 1468-1470. It was rebuilt before 1528 for the second time. Kukvice declined during the thirty-year-war. Some names of fields and vineyards commemorate Kukvice up to the present. At the place of the yard of Kukvice there was built a new village in the year 1782 that got the name Josefov to the honour of the emperor Joseph II. The inhabitants of the newly founded village of Josefov were exempt from compulsory labour which was quite unusual at that time.  It was an agricultural village with widespread viticulture. In the beginnings of its existence Josefov and Dolní Bojanovice made up a common self-governing village. There are 120 houses with 389 inhabitants in Josefov at the present time. A  part of the folk culture are traditional customs such as “Smrtnica” which is a traditional welcome of spring. There is also the traditional feast of Josefov in folk costumes and other cultural events. The oldest sight is the statue of St. Anna that was built 1760 at the expense of a shepherd who - according to a folk-tale - had found a gold hoard there.